ALBANY >> New York lawmakers ended their six-month session Friday, leaving the state Capitol after having passed hundreds of bills affecting pocketbooks, schools, health care and even yogurt.

“We made significant progress on several core issues,” Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver told lawmakers. “There are many fights that we must and we will carry on.”

Here’s a look at what they accomplished, what they left on the table and who left the Capitol a winner:

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Education

The $138 billion state budget approved by lawmakers in March contained $340 million for universal prekindergarten, with most of it going to New York City. It increased education aid by $1.1 billion overall, with increased funding for charter schools and a big focus on high-need districts.

Lawmakers also voted to put a bond referendum on the November ballot authorizing $2 billion in borrowing for school facilities and classroom computers.

Taxes

Lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed to use property tax credits as an incentive for cities and towns to restrain spending and encourage consolidated services.

They also approved business tax changes, including property tax credits and income tax cuts for manufacturers.

Heroin

Lawmakers passed a package of bills to combat the rise in heroin and opiate overdoses, including measures that would require insurers to better cover substance-abuse treatment, impose tougher penalties for those who distribute the drugs and boost the availability of an overdose antidote drug.

Deaths from heroin overdoses in New York more than doubled, from 215 in 2008 to 478 in 2012, and lawmakers said they expect to have more work to do on the subject next year.

Medical marijuana

In one of their last acts, lawmakers struck a deal with Cuomo that would authorize qualifying patients to obtain from state-regulated dispensaries marijuana that can’t be smoked.

It’s a more limited approach than those in the other 22 states that have approved programs, but Cuomo said he wanted safeguards to make sure the drug doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.

Dead — for now

Several high-profile measures never got a vote, including a bill to raise the minimum wage from $8 to $10.10 an hour — and give cities like New York City the authority to raise it to $13.13.

The Dream Act, which would extend financial aid to students in the country illegally, passed the Assembly but not the Senate. Despite stated support from Cuomo, lawmakers adjourned without considering a broad public campaign financing system, instead authorizing a pilot program that only applies to this year’s state comptroller race.

“It’s no surprise that they weren’t done,” Cuomo told public radio’s “Capitol Pressroom,” saying opposition from Republicans prevented the issues from advancing. “We have a fundamental difference. Those are honest disagreements.”

Human trafficking stalemate

For the second year, legislation to crack down on sex trafficking succumbed to a standoff between the Senate and Assembly.

The measure is part of the 10-point “Women’s Equality Agenda,” which also includes provisions to combat domestic violence and a controversial measure codifying abortion rights. Senate leaders object to the abortion provision, but Assembly leaders balked at requests to split up the package.

There ought to be a law

Yogurt is poised to become the state’s official snack after an elementary school class convinced lawmakers that it would highlight the state’s growing dairy industry.

Lawmakers also voted to legalize sparklers, but Cuomo has twice vetoed similar bills.

Finally, bills passed to outlaw the tattooing or piercing of cats and dogs and to restrict the sale of ivory and rhino horn.

Winners

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio: He didn’t get everything he wanted — including authority to raise the city’s minimum wage — but he comes away from the session with several key victories. He won $300 million in the state budget for prekindergarten and secured permission to install new speed cameras and lower the city’s speed limit to 25 mph.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo: The Democrat again got much of what he wanted from the Legislature, including an on-time budget and — after initially opposing legalization — a medical marijuana law that prohibits smokeable marijuana. His decision to disband an anti-corruption commission prompted questions from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and prompted attacks from his election opponent, Republican Rob Astorino. But polls show Cuomo remains popular and well-positioned to win a second term.

Sen. Diane Savino: The Staten Island Democrat successfully shepherded her medical marijuana bill through the Senate, winning praise from her colleagues and Cuomo. Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, a Manhattan Democrat, had been pushing for medical marijuana for 18 years, but the bill passed by lawmakers is much more limited than what he proposed.

Losers

Liberal agenda: The Working Families Party may have won promises of support from Cuomo, but in the Legislature it’s the votes that count, and lawmakers left Albany without passing several priorities of the left-leaning party, including a higher minimum wage, broad public campaign financing, a ban on hydrofracking and the Dream Act, which would extend financial aid to students in the country illegally.

Common Core: The new education standards were roundly panned by parents, teachers and lawmakers. The Legislature voted to keep test scores off student transcripts and then gave a reprieve to teachers concerned that low student performance on Common Core tests would hurt their evaluations. Critics say implementation of the new standards was rushed, and some legislative opponents say they’ll suggest big changes next year.